[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 397 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 397

To benefit crime victims by improving enforcement of sentences imposing 
         fines and special assessments, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            February 13 (legislative day, January 30), 1995

  Mr. McCain introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To benefit crime victims by improving enforcement of sentences imposing 
         fines and special assessments, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Privatization of Defaulted Debt 
Collection Act''.

SEC. 2. COLLECTION OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IN DEFAULT.

    Section 3013 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of 
the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall, to the 
extent practicable, contract with private entities, on a contingent fee 
basis, to collect assessments that are more than 120 days in 
default.''.

SEC. 3. COLLECTION OF FINES IN DEFAULT.

    Section 3572 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(k) Collection of Fines in Default.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Director of the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts shall, to the extent practicable, contract with 
private entities, on a contingent fee basis, to collect fines that are 
more than 120 days in default.''.
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